On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:02 +0000, Matthew Szudzik wrote:

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>On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:45:56AM -0700, Unix Fan wrote:
>> I thought DVD-RAM were unique in that, unlike DVD-RW, you can write to the disk as if it's simply an optical hard drive...
>
>I have only used DVD+RW and CD media in my DVDRAM drive, so I cannot
>answer your question.
>

I can read DVD-RAM disks written in my video recorder or in winXP on a
drive in an OpenBSD4.2 box. mount_udf mounts the drive ro, so no
writing is possible.

I used to want support for writing DVD-RAM because the type 2 cartridge
disks are rated at 100,000 write cycles and are truly random access.
Trouble is that cartridge drives are now very hard to get (I have only
2, one in a Panasonic DVR and one in a winbox) so I am popping the
platters out to use in regular drives.

BD-RE support would suit me fine right now but the media are too
expensive so far and the drives ain't cheap either.

Rod/

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